... Franklin Clark was born in Albion April 30, 1852. He was educated at the Albion Academy, after which he was six years in the Central freight office at Albion. He then went into the drug business at Kingston, N. Y., where he remained five years. In 1882 in company with Mr. Bates he established a drug store in Albion, and in 1888 became its sole proprietor. Mr. Clark was also interested in the Curtis Manufacturing Company, of which he was at one time the president, and when the affairs of the company were closed, he and Samuel Willyoung purchased the property and are still its owners. On June 19, 1884, Franklin Clark was married to Louie M., daughter of George W. Ough, and four children have been born to them.
